Battery terminal



Nov. 6, 1928. 1,690,310

H. E. PIEH BATTERY TERMINAL Filed April 15, 1927 Patented Nov. 6, 1928.

UNITED STATES HENRY E. PIEH,

1,690,310 PATENT OFFICE.

OF WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 HAROLD SYLVESTERPAIGE, OF WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA.

BATTERY TERMINAL.

Application filed April 13, 1927. Serial No. 183,327.

tionally'clamped by their drawbolts onto batiery terminal posts and theyinvariably corrode on said posts so that it is usually very difiicult toremove thesame without considerable pounding'and prying, which isdetrimental to the battery. Furthermore, the ends of split terminals areoften drawn so close together during their application to battery posts,or the shape thereof is such that it makes it difficult to insert a toolbetween the ends thereof for the purpose of spreading the same torelease the terminals from battery posts.

The object of my invention is to provide a split battery terminal with apair of co-operating spreader lugs at the end portions thereof betweenwhich a tool may be inserted for the purpose of prying the ends of saidterminal apart to release the same from a battery post to which it isapplied. These spreader lugs are so arranged that they cannot becompletely drawn together, even if the end portions of a terminal areclosely drawn together. Said invention further provides an ttaching lugfor the application of a tool to lift a terminal from a battery post.

To the above end, generally stated, the invention consists of the noveldevices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts thro ghout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a split terminal applied to a batteryterminal post and having the invention embodied therein;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, andfurther showing a tool inserted between the spreader lugs Fig. 3 is aview corresponding to Fig 2, with the exception that the ends of thesplit terminal have been drawn together; and

Fig. 4 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1 but showing a slightmodification with the terminal removed from the battery post and thedrawbolt removed from the terminal.

Referring first to the invention as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, thenumeral 5 indicates one of the terminal posts of a battery and thenumeral 6 indicates a split battery terminal applied to said post andhaving a split sleeve 7 for attaching a cable, not shown, to saidterminal. A nut-equipped bolt 8 is inserted through aligned bores in theend portions of the terminal 6 for drawing the same toward each otherand frictionally clamping said terminal onto the post 5.

A pair of co-operating upstandingspreader lugs 9 are integrally formedwith the end portions of the terminal 6, and it is important to notethat they are laterally offset at 10 from the opposing faces of the endportions of said terminal. To spread the terminal 6 to release the samefrom the post 5, a tool a; is shown inserted between the spreader lugs9. The purpose of oifsettingthe spreader lugs 9 from the opposing facesof the end portions of the terminal 6 is to prevent the same from beingcompletely drawn together and thereby prevent a tool from being insertedtherebetween, even in case the end portions of said terminal are drawntightly together, as shown in Fig. 3.

Referring now to the invention as shown in Fig. 4, the spreader lugs 11on the end portions of asplit terminal 12 are the same as those shown inFig. 1, with the exception that their inner ends are reinforced at 13.Said spreader lugs 11 are laterally offset from the opposing faces ofthe end portions of the terminal 12, as indicated at 14. The terminal 12is provided with a split sleeve 15 for use in attaching a cable to theterminal. Also integrally formed with the terminal 12, at the sleeve 15but inward thereof, is an upstanding tool-attaching lug 16 having anoutturned lip 17. The purpose of the lip-equipped lug 16 is to affordmeans by which a tool may be applied to the terminal for use in liftingthe same from a battery post.

What I claim is:

1. A split ring battery terminal having cooperating lugs on the uppersurface of the outer end portions thereof, said lugs proj ecting upwardan appreciable distance from said upper surface, the inner surfaces ofsaid lugs being offset from the inner surfaces of the ends of the ringso as to provide a space between the lugs which in all positions of theterllninal, is capable of receiving a spreading too 2. A split batteryterminal having a pair of spaced upstanding co-operating tool-engaginglugs integrally formed with the outer end gaging lugs integrally formedwith the ouh-r portions of the terminal, said lugs projecting endportions of the terminal, said lugs pl'u- 10 above the upper face ofsaid terminal, at least jecting above the upper face of said terminal,one of said lugs being laterally spaced outsaid lugs being laterallyspaced from'the inward from the inner face of the respective ner facesof the end portions of said terminal. end portion of said terminal. Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature.

3. A split battery terminal having a pair of spaced upstandingco-operating tool-en- HENRY E. PIEH.

